NCCPT CPT Exam part 1 Questions
With Complete Answers Latest Exam
2025/2026
Pre-activity health screen of clients, interpreting results, development of physical activity
recommendations, supervision and instruction of physical activity, etc - CORRECT ANSWER- Greatest
legal concerns for Personal trainers
Are employers responsible for the actions of their employees? - CORRECT ANSWER- Yes
T/F: You should have liability insurance if working as an independent contractor? - CORRECT ANSWER-
True
4 chambers of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER- Right and left ventricles. Right and left artiums
3 energy systems - CORRECT ANSWER- ATP/Creatine-Phosphate, Glycolysis, Aerobic Oxidation
Prime mover for bench press? - CORRECT ANSWER- Pec. Major
Antagonist for bench press? - CORRECT ANSWER- Rhomboids, Trapezius, Posterior Deltoids
Stabilizers for bench press? - CORRECT ANSWER- Rotator Cuff
What causes post exercise soreness? - CORRECT ANSWER- Microtrauma to muscle tissue
How to treat post exercise soreness? - CORRECT ANSWER- PRICE, stretching, active rest and hydrate
,What happens in systolic and diastolic phases of blood pressure? - CORRECT ANSWER- In systolic, the
pressure in ventricular contraction and diastolic is pressure in ventricular filling
Muscle fiber type that has Slow shortening velocities, red, endurance, fatigue resistant, large
mitochondria, high myoglobin, rich capillary supply, postural, and tonic? - CORRECT ANSWER- Slow
Twitch
Muscle fiber type that has high shortening velocities, fatigue quickly, large amount of actin and myosin
filaments, WHITE, prime mover. phasic and easily inhibited - CORRECT ANSWER- Fast Twitch
Target Heart Rate for 45 year old with a Resting Heart Rate of 60 bpm? - CORRECT ANSWER- 106-135
bpm.
All or none theory? - CORRECT ANSWER- Innervated myofiber contracts all the way or not at all
Concentric contraction - CORRECT ANSWER- Shortening of muscle fibers
Eccentric contraction - CORRECT ANSWER- Lengthening of muscle fibers
Two functions of blood - CORRECT ANSWER- Transports oxygen and nutrients and remove wastes and
co2
Definition of OBLA - CORRECT ANSWER- Onset of Blood Lactate Accumlation
Equations determine Max HR and training HR in a CV workout for client? - CORRECT ANSWER- (220-
age)x%=THR
(220-age)-RHRX%+RHR=THR
Gradual cycling of specificity, intensity, volume, duration and frequency to achieve goal - CORRECT
ANSWER- Concept of periodicity
, What's the valsalva maneuver? - CORRECT ANSWER- Exhaling forcibly with the glottis closed
ATP mean? - CORRECT ANSWER- Adenosine TriPhosphate
What systems kicks in to provide ATP if longer than 10 seconds - CORRECT ANSWER- Glycolytic System
How long does Glycolysis last? - CORRECT ANSWER- ten seconds to 3 minutes
An agonist or prime mover performs desired motions, the antagonist are neurologically inhibited -
CORRECT ANSWER- Reciprocal inhibition
When the agonist and antagonist contract at the same time - CORRECT ANSWER- Co contraction
Muscles that have their distal tendon close to the joint axis - CORRECT ANSWER- Spurt Muscle
Example of spurt muscle - CORRECT ANSWER- Bicep Brachii
Muscle in body that crosses two joints and produces motion at more than one joint - CORRECT ANSWER-
Double jointed muscle
Major decrease in strength, aerobic capacity after time without exercise - CORRECT ANSWER-
Reversibility
Nerve impulses from receptors toward the CNS - CORRECT ANSWER- Afferent information
A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates - CORRECT ANSWER- Motor unit
Muscle type involved in static task like standing and sitting and often become overactive - CORRECT
ANSWER- Tonic
With Complete Answers Latest Exam
2025/2026
Pre-activity health screen of clients, interpreting results, development of physical activity
recommendations, supervision and instruction of physical activity, etc - CORRECT ANSWER- Greatest
legal concerns for Personal trainers
Are employers responsible for the actions of their employees? - CORRECT ANSWER- Yes
T/F: You should have liability insurance if working as an independent contractor? - CORRECT ANSWER-
True
4 chambers of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER- Right and left ventricles. Right and left artiums
3 energy systems - CORRECT ANSWER- ATP/Creatine-Phosphate, Glycolysis, Aerobic Oxidation
Prime mover for bench press? - CORRECT ANSWER- Pec. Major
Antagonist for bench press? - CORRECT ANSWER- Rhomboids, Trapezius, Posterior Deltoids
Stabilizers for bench press? - CORRECT ANSWER- Rotator Cuff
What causes post exercise soreness? - CORRECT ANSWER- Microtrauma to muscle tissue
How to treat post exercise soreness? - CORRECT ANSWER- PRICE, stretching, active rest and hydrate
,What happens in systolic and diastolic phases of blood pressure? - CORRECT ANSWER- In systolic, the
pressure in ventricular contraction and diastolic is pressure in ventricular filling
Muscle fiber type that has Slow shortening velocities, red, endurance, fatigue resistant, large
mitochondria, high myoglobin, rich capillary supply, postural, and tonic? - CORRECT ANSWER- Slow
Twitch
Muscle fiber type that has high shortening velocities, fatigue quickly, large amount of actin and myosin
filaments, WHITE, prime mover. phasic and easily inhibited - CORRECT ANSWER- Fast Twitch
Target Heart Rate for 45 year old with a Resting Heart Rate of 60 bpm? - CORRECT ANSWER- 106-135
bpm.
All or none theory? - CORRECT ANSWER- Innervated myofiber contracts all the way or not at all
Concentric contraction - CORRECT ANSWER- Shortening of muscle fibers
Eccentric contraction - CORRECT ANSWER- Lengthening of muscle fibers
Two functions of blood - CORRECT ANSWER- Transports oxygen and nutrients and remove wastes and
co2
Definition of OBLA - CORRECT ANSWER- Onset of Blood Lactate Accumlation
Equations determine Max HR and training HR in a CV workout for client? - CORRECT ANSWER- (220-
age)x%=THR
(220-age)-RHRX%+RHR=THR
Gradual cycling of specificity, intensity, volume, duration and frequency to achieve goal - CORRECT
ANSWER- Concept of periodicity
, What's the valsalva maneuver? - CORRECT ANSWER- Exhaling forcibly with the glottis closed
ATP mean? - CORRECT ANSWER- Adenosine TriPhosphate
What systems kicks in to provide ATP if longer than 10 seconds - CORRECT ANSWER- Glycolytic System
How long does Glycolysis last? - CORRECT ANSWER- ten seconds to 3 minutes
An agonist or prime mover performs desired motions, the antagonist are neurologically inhibited -
CORRECT ANSWER- Reciprocal inhibition
When the agonist and antagonist contract at the same time - CORRECT ANSWER- Co contraction
Muscles that have their distal tendon close to the joint axis - CORRECT ANSWER- Spurt Muscle
Example of spurt muscle - CORRECT ANSWER- Bicep Brachii
Muscle in body that crosses two joints and produces motion at more than one joint - CORRECT ANSWER-
Double jointed muscle
Major decrease in strength, aerobic capacity after time without exercise - CORRECT ANSWER-
Reversibility
Nerve impulses from receptors toward the CNS - CORRECT ANSWER- Afferent information
A single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates - CORRECT ANSWER- Motor unit
Muscle type involved in static task like standing and sitting and often become overactive - CORRECT
ANSWER- Tonic
